...since moving Finlay into his big cot he is waking more through the night...he now wakes up at about 4am when he was sleeping through til 6-6.30ish...

Can't work out yet why...if he is cold, lonely, teething, hungry......

He settles when i bring him in with me (OH is on nights this week so i have more room!!!) and then sleeps until about 7.30...but won't settle on his own...

i'm a bit tired but going to change routine a bit and give finlay Food at 5.30 then some goodnight milk at 8pm and see how we do....

...anyone else have any ideas???

Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:47 pm

MrsK1986

Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:40 pmPosts: 0

Sorry hun, no advice. Molly has started waking through the night again and it could either be this cold, her teeth or she could be wanting more real food during the day

I've got no idea hun.

xxx

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Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:02 pm

Loopylu1979

Joined: Mon May 11, 2009 7:50 pmPosts: 0

Hi LIsa

Have you tried the sleeping bags - that will make sure it's not the cold that's waking him up

Not that I'm going to preach what you should or shoudn't do, but if you start bringing him into your bed - he will never learn to settle himself - perhaps gently rub his hair, try and keep the lights low and keep talk to a minimum!!
Sorry dont' want to sound like I'm inteferring, if you think its teething try bonjela or calpol or nurofen
xxx

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Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:50 pm

chez23

Joined: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:47 amPosts: 0Location: norfolk

i dunno hun!

maybe try a growbag or summin!

logan still in my room as i sleep downstairs and he would be upstairs and so dont wanna be that far from him at mo!

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Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:55 pm

sam_marshall

Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:43 pmPosts: 0Location: Nottinghamshire

yeh defo sleeping/grow bag they r brill. Be careful he dont get into a routine of goin into ur bed coz he'll want to do it every mornin x

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Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:26 pm

LisaBulbeck

Joined: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:27 amPosts: 0Location: Cambridgeshire

louise lloyd wrote:

Hi LIsa

Have you tried the sleeping bags - that will make sure it's not the cold that's waking him up

Not that I'm going to preach what you should or shoudn't do, but if you start bringing him into your bed - he will never learn to settle himself - perhaps gently rub his hair, try and keep the lights low and keep talk to a minimum!! Sorry dont' want to sound like I'm inteferring, if you think its teething try bonjela or calpol or nurofenxxx

Have tried sleeping bags..he doesn't seem that happy in tghem but its only been a couple nights so gunna persevere...really don't want to get into the habit of bringing him into our room but last night after trying to soothe him for 30 hour i gave in....soft i know....

...and please no one feel like what they are saying is preaching i am happy for anyones advice ...we'll see what happens tonight...

i would say its too much space. you can try a sleeping bag or try some rolled up blankets along the sides of the cot to make it smaller but i think thats probably what it is hun
also i had both my boys in my bed pretty much every night until they were older jimi used to just use our bed when we lived with mil and then still used to come in right up until a little while after zac was born. i didnt mind i loved the cuddles now even when he has a bad dream he only wants a cuddle but wants to stay in his bed.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:25 pm

suzywong19

Joined: Mon May 18, 2009 8:04 pmPosts: 0Location: Glasgow

Hey hunni,

When I transferred Erin into her cotbed she was exactly the same and she was already in a sleeping bag! I ended up putting her into the moses basket then put that in the cot - the moses basket was almost too small but it seemed to reassure her then after a week I started putting her into the cot without the moses basket during her daytime naps, another few days later she went into to the cot at night without the moses basket. Some babies just dislike change but if you gradually introduce things they seem to cope better.